Top surnames from the 1881 census in Odell, Bedfordshire

Odell is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Bedfordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
ODELL296.8558938.51
GOODMAN194.4917153.97
ASKEW184.2553376.57
BAYES184.25531,428.57
FOSKETT163.78251,616.16
KENNEDY143.309754.90
ASHTON143.309767.57
WELLS122.836934.10
LINE122.8369597.01
BRADSHAW112.600563.33
PARSONS112.600534.24
HUNT102.364117.80
WESLEY102.3641606.06
COOPER92.12778.75
PARTRIDGE92.127781.45
FENNELL92.1277454.55
OSBORN92.1277102.27
GILES81.891349.63
PETTIT71.6548209.58
SIBLEY71.6548205.28
HOWE71.654842.14
HEADLAND71.65481,111.11
SAVAGE71.654843.08
SAUNDERS61.418415.46
BARLEY51.1820212.77
PECK51.182069.93
LYNE40.9456216.22
HADDON40.9456141.34
NORMAN40.945620.41
MEADOWS30.709250.68
KNIGHT30.70925.75
GARDENER30.709239.53
HOBBS30.709219.47
COLEMAN30.709214.23
SANDERS30.709215.64
RICHARDSON20.47282.78
MARTIN20.47281.92
TURNEY20.4728133.33
TAYLOR20.47280.74
EVANS20.47281.08
STRATTON20.472854.50
YORK20.472835.78
ROBINSON20.47281.48
WALKER10.23640.71
HOW10.236436.23
CORRY10.2364120.48
ANDREWS10.23642.47
THEW10.2364178.57
STOCK10.236419.01
PARRY10.23643.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOSKETT0.424231616.1616
BAYES0.424231428.5714
HEADLAND0.424231111.1111
ODELL0.42423938.5113
MARKES0.42423769.2308
WESLEY0.42423606.0606
LINE0.42423597.0149
FENNELL0.42423454.5455
ASKEW0.42423376.5690
LYNE0.42423216.2162
BARLEY0.42423212.7660
PETTIT0.42423209.5808
SIBLEY0.42423205.2786
THEW0.42423178.5714
GOODMAN0.42423153.9708
HADDON0.42423141.3428
TURNEY0.42423133.3333
CORRY0.42423120.4819
COPSEY0.42423111.1111
OSBORN0.42423102.2727
DUNCOMBE0.4242394.3396
PEGLER0.4242392.5926
CORBET0.4242386.2069
PARTRIDGE0.4242381.4480
PECK0.4242369.9301
ASHTON0.4242367.5676
FARNELL0.4242364.5161
BRADSHAW0.4242363.3276
KENNEDY0.4242354.9020
STRATTON0.4242354.4959
WOODING0.4242354.3478
MEADOWS0.4242350.6757
GILES0.4242349.6278
SAVAGE0.4242343.0769
HOWE0.4242342.1433
WARR0.4242341.4938
HURRELL0.4242339.6825
GARDENER0.4242339.5257
HOW0.4242336.2319
YORK0.4242335.7782
PARSONS0.4242334.2359
WELLS0.4242334.1006
TOMPKINS0.4242327.3973
LOCKE0.4242326.3158
BILLINGTON0.4242321.7391
NORMAN0.4242320.4082
HOBBS0.4242319.4679
STOCK0.4242319.0114
REDMAN0.4242317.9533
HUNT0.4242317.7999

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 423 people called FOSKETT in Odell at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1616.1616 in Odell means that 1616.1616% of the people in Odell on census day were called FOSKETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOSKETT in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called FOSKETT as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called FOSKETT here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called FOSKETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Odell means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOSKETT in Odell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Odell in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDREWS (1)  ASHTON (14)  ASKEW (18)  BARLEY (5)  BILLINGTON (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADSHAW (11)  BURGESS (1)  BAYES (18)  CHAMBERS (1)  COLEMAN (3)  COOPER (9)  COPSEY (1)  CORBET (1)  CORRY (1)  DARLOW (19)  DAVIS (1)  DENTON (1)  DUNCOMBE (1)  EVANS (2)  FARNELL (1)  FENNELL (9)  FOSKETT (16)  GARDENER (3)  GILES (8)  GOULDTHORPE (1)  GOODMAN (19)  GUDGEON (11)  GUDGEONS (4)  HEADLAND (7)  HAIKER (1)  HANLLAND (3)  HADDON (4)  HOBBS (3)  HOWE (7)  HOW (1)  HUNT (10)  HURRELL (1)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNEDY (14)  KNIGHT (3)  LINE (12)  LYNE (4)  LOCKE (1)  MAKEN (1)  MARKES (1)  MARTIN (2)  MEADOWS (3)  NORMAN (4)  ODELL (29)  ORLEBAR (2)  OSBORN (9)  OSBORNE (1)  PARSONS (11)  PARTRIDGE (9)  PECK (5)  PEGLER (1)  PERKINS (1)  PARRY (1)  PETTIT (7)  PROCHTER (1)  PYM (1)  REDMAN (1)  REPTON (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  SANDERS (3)  SAUNDERS (6)  SAVAGE (7)  SHATTON (7)  SIBLEY (7)  STOCK (1)  STRATTON (2)  SUMMERSFIELD (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THEW (1)  TOMPKINS (1)  TURNEY (2)  WALKER (1)  WARR (1)  WEATHERINGHAM (1)  WELLS (12)  WESLEY (10)  WILD (1)  WOODING (1)  YORK (2)